Steve Bing

Businessman and Filmmaker

Male

BornMar 31, 1965

Age49

Net Worth$590 Million

Alma MaterLeland Stanford J...

Other NamesStephen Leo Bing

Stephen Leo "Steve" Bing is an American heir,businessman, film producer, and donor to progressive causes. He is the founder of the Shangri-La business group, an organization with interests in property, construction, entertainment, and music.

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The run up to Tuesday and Wednesday''s historic Supreme Court hearings on same-sex marriage is being greeted by an array of up-close-and-personal profiles of plaintiffs, change-of-opinion reversals from political leaders and polling that underscores a relatively rapid shift toward approval.
That swing of public opinion is a contrast to the much slower timing of past civil rights struggles, and explanations are open for debate. But more than a few have attributed the acceptance t...

' Michael Weiner, CEO and co-founder of one of America''s largest providers of pay-per-view TV pornography, was just terminated from the company he built, according to Deadline, largely without explanation. Here are the five most important factors leading up to his dismissal: If the company hasn''t sold by Dec.31, a representative from Longkloof—which owns 15.9 percent of the programmer’s shares—will join the New Frontier board. Longkloof agreed to drop a lawsuit and proxy contest whe...

' LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Shine a Light" producer Steve Bing has pledged $30 million to the Motion Picture & Television Fund, the fund said Thursday. The donation goes toward MPTF Foundation chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg''s campaign to raise $350 million for the fund. The 90-year-old MPTF serves as a charitable organization provides services and financial assistance for entertainment-industry members in their time of need. ... '

' Media mogul Barry Diller has donated $30 million to the Motion Picture & Television Fund, the non-profit organization said Tuesday.
Diller''s donation is part of the MPTF''s $350 million capital campaign announced in February.
“Seems impossible to me to have had success in the entertainment industry and not strongly support the MPTF,” Diller said in a statement. “I’m just glad and happy to be able to do so.”
Diller, a billionaire and the former chairman of Fox and Paramount Pic...

Timeline

CHILDHOOD

THIRTIES

Around 2001, he was involved in two separate paternity cases involving models Elizabeth Hurley and Lisa Bonder and their babies.

In 2001, he became British tabloid fodder after actress, model, and Estee Lauder spokesmodel Elizabeth Hurley announced she was pregnant and claimed Bing was the father of the baby.
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Bing denied he was the father and claimed they did not have an "exclusive" relationship. A DNA test proved that Bing was indeed the father. Read Less

Separately but also in 2001, Bing's name appeared in the news when he sued billionaire Kirk Kerkorian for invasion of privacy.
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Bing alleged that Kerkorian's private investigators took Bing's dental floss out of his trash to collect his DNA. At the time, Kerkorian was in a legal fight with his ex-wife Lisa Bonder, a former professional tennis player, over the amount of child support he would pay, with the billionaire reportedly suspecting Bing (a previous boyfriend) to be the father of Kira. After Bing was proved by DNA test to be the father of Bonder's child, Bing and Kerkorian settled their dispute out of court.<br /><br /> The paternity of Bonder's daughter was revealed thanks to the efforts of Anthony Pellicano, a Los Angeles private investigator (and wiretapper) hired by Kerkorian's lawyer, and also a "friend" to Bing. According to an FBI summary, Pellicano sometimes played Hollywood clients against each other, at one point asking financier (and Bing friend) Ron Burkle for a $100,000 to $250,000 shakedown in order not to be investigated by Michael Ovitz, another Pellicano client. In a twist to the case, The New York Times reported payments of $335,000 by Bing to Pellicano between June 2000 and August 2002. Read Less

His son Damian Charles Hurley was born on April 4, 2002 and it is not known whether he has any relationship with his son. Damian's godfathers include Hurley's long-time ex-boyfriend Hugh Grant, Elton John, and actor Denis Leary. Hurley married Arun Nayar in 2007.
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London's Daily Mail said that Hurley and her friends referred to Bing as "Bing Laden". Read Less

According to excerpts of recorded calls, Pellicano bragged to Kerkorian's lawyer in April and May 2002 that he was "working for" and "consulting for" Bing in matters related to Elizabeth Hurley and her son's disputed paternity, which was then in the news.

Bing was reported to have given at least $49.5 million during the 2006 election cycle in support of Proposition 87, a California initiative which sought to raise $4 billion in oil production taxes to help develop alternative fuels. Bing also supported several key races in other parts of the country as Democrats fought to win back control of Congress. They included Democratic challenger Bob Casey, Jr. in Pennsylvania, who unseated conservative GOP incumbent Sen. Rick Santorum, and Tammy Duckworth in Illinois, a Democratic Congressional hopeful and an Army National Guard major who lost her legs in Iraq two years ago, who went on to lose to State Sen. Peter Roskam. <br /><br />Excluding Prop. 87 contributions, in California Bing has written $7.8 million worth of checks since 2000, according to the California secretary of state. He spent $4.25 million in 2005 in a successful effort to defeat Prop. 77, a redistricting initiative sponsored by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Read Less

Other beneficiaries include the California Democratic Party ($640,172); Gov. Gray Davis ($675,000); and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, whose campaign received $750 in 2004.

FORTIES

In October 2008 Stephen Bing pledged to match donations made to the NO on Proposition 8 campaign from October 17–19.
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If passed, Proposition 8 would "change the California Constitution to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry in California." A new section would be added stating "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." Proposition 8 has since passed with a 52-48 vote in the 2008 Election, trumping the May 2008 State Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage. The resolution is being challenged in the State Supreme Court. On February 7, 2012, in a 2–1 decision, a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals panel affirmed Judge Vaughn R. Walker's decision declaring the Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional.<br /><br /> On the 18 December 2008, the William J. Clinton Foundation released a list of all contributors. It included Stephen L. Bing, who gave between US$10–25 million. Read Less

A lawyer for Bing, Martin Singer, called Pellicano's statement regarding Hurley "an absolute lie." (The Daily Mail reportedly paid a "substantial" settlement to Bing in 2003 after Pellicano's sworn statement that he had "never been engaged by Mr. Bing nor his attorney Mr. Martin Singer to investigate anyone on Mr. Bing’s behalf, including Ms. Hurley.") Following two trials in 2008 in which Bing did not testify, Pellicano was convicted of 78 counts of wiretapping, racketeering, wire fraud, and conspiracy.
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Pellicano was sentenced to 15 years in prison and ordered, with co-conspirator Terry N. Christensen, to forfeit $2 million. Read Less

200944 Years Old
On August 5, 2009, a 737 private aircraft owned by Stephen Bing and based out of hangar 25 at the Burbank airport in Southern California, was utilized in the return of American reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee who had spent 5 months of a 12 year sentence in North Korea.
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Former President Bill Clinton was instrumental in their return, and accompanied the reporters on board Stephen Bing's plane. Bing reportedly covered the cost of the entire flight, estimated to be around $200,000.<br /><br /> Bing has attracted attention for dating some of the world's most beautiful women and for being involved in high-profile lawsuits. Read Less